According to the Zhitong Finance App, BYD Co., Ltd. (01211) announced its 2026 interim results, with a turnover of about 344.815 billion yuan, gross profit of 64.989 billion yuan, profit attributable to the owner of the parent company of 12.325 billion yuan, with a profit of 1.35 yuan per share. The group continues to increase technological innovation and has always insisted on high R&D investment. In the first half of the year, the R&D investment was about 28.9 billion yuan, and the cumulative R&D investment exceeded 270 billion yuan.
In the first half of 2026, the group achieved a leapfrog breakthrough in its globalization and high-end strategy, and the optimization of the automobile business structure achieved remarkable results. In terms of overseas markets, according to data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, the Group's exports reached 792,000 vehicles during the period, an increase of 67.8% over the previous year. The share of exports in total sales volume jumped sharply, and continued to lead China's NEV exports, leading China's intelligent manufacturing to the world. In the domestic market, although competition continued to increase and domestic demand was phased under pressure in the first quarter, the Group's “Equation Bao”, “Tense” and “Look Up” brands continued to iterate on new technology and products, and their total sales volume increased 61.0% year-on-year during the period, accounting for 12.8% of the Group's total passenger car sales, and the high-end strategy continued to deepen. During the period, the Group focused on the two core technical directions of “electrification” and “intelligence” to accelerate the optimization of the product matrix layout, drive continuous order growth with excellent product strength, and help achieve a month-by-month upward trend in sales.
In the first half of 2026, the group firmly promoted its global strategy, and its overseas business continued its strong growth trend. It fully blossomed in Europe, Latin America, the Asia-Pacific region and the Middle East and Africa. Global popularity and reputation continued to rise, strongly boosting the global automobile electrification process. Relying on leading technology and rich brand and product matrices, the Group's NEV business has covered six continents and 121 countries and regions around the world. With the deepening of the international layout, overseas business has grown into a core growth pole for the Group's high-quality development.
In terms of the AI computing power infrastructure business, the group actively grasps the market opportunities brought by AI development. Relying on the deep technical experience of the entire industry chain, covering material research and development, mold design, precision parts development and automated manufacturing, and superimposing mature thermal management and high voltage power supply technology in the automotive business, the group deeply integrates and innovatively applies technical advantages in the two major fields, and has developed a comprehensive strategic layout around the core products of AI computing power infrastructure. It has created an integrated solution covering servers, liquid cooling, high-voltage power supplies and high-speed connectivity. During this period, the Group continued to deepen cooperation with many customers, and various servers were shipped in batches; it has completed product development for the latest generation of liquid-cooled cold plates for major overseas customers, and the project has entered the phase of mass production climbing; various high-voltage power supplies and high-speed interconnection products are also being actively developed, adding new engines to the Group's business.